Amazon is giving its Fire TV streaming stick a no-cost upgrade: The company will include its Alexa voice remote with device controls with the Fire TV stick going forward, while keeping the price at $39.99. The new remote, which was previously only available with the slightly pricier Fire TV 4K stick, includes both a power […] Tags: Amazon, News, Fire TV, Alexa, Voice Control Upgrade

Amazon has a well-deserved reputation for taking over whatever industry it gets itself into, but its record of success is far from flawless. The online retailer has spent years hesitantly flirting with the gaming business with little to show for it. But as the wide-open field of game streaming picks up steam, it…Read more... Tags: Amazon, Science, Game Streaming, Fire TV

There's no doubt that smart TVs are starting to make inroads in India but the vast majority of televisions remain unconnected, so to speak. With streaming services doubling down on their efforts to capture the Indian audience, there is a need to get this content on the biggest screen in the house. The all-new Fire TV Stick with 4K is Amazon's latest and potentially most aggressive effort yet to grab a foothold amongst users. Let's take a closer look.
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There's no doubt that smart TVs are starting to make inroads in India but the vast majority of televisions remain unconnected, so to speak. With streaming services doubling down on their efforts to capture the Indian audience, there is a need to get this content on the biggest screen in the house. The all-new Fire TV Stick with 4K is Amazon's latest and potentially most aggressive effort yet to grab a foothold amongst users. Let's take a closer look.
Slightly larger than the 2nd generation Fi... Tags: Amazon, News, India, Blogging, Streaming, Fire TV Stick, Fire TV

Sega and Amazon today announced a collaborative effort that delivers 25 of the most popular Sega Genesis games in a single bundle to the Fire TV. The $15 Sega Classics bundle, runs directly on the Amazon TV and can be played with the Fire TV remote or a supported Bluetooth controller. We spent a bit […] Tags: Amazon, News, Fire TV, Sega, Amazon TV, Sega Classics

Fire TV Cube owners can now use their media streaming device to broadcast announcements around the home, similar to a one-way intercom. Amazon says it’s launching a feature called “Alexa Announcements,” which allows customers to speak to Alexa on the Fire TV Cube, then have their message announced in their own voice to all other Alexa-enabled devices in their household.
For example, you could announce that “the movie is about to start,” or say “Alexa, tell everyone that dinner is ready,” and hav... Tags: Amazon, TC, Echo, Tech, Netflix, Smart Home, Fire TV, Hulu, Alexa, Alexa app Amazon, Alexa Announcements, Fire TV Cube

Amazon’s Fire TV companion DVR, the Fire TV Recast, is available today to the public, after previously having been only offered for pre-order. The new device offers a way for Fire TV owners to easily access free, over-the-air broadcast television directly from the Fire TV’s software. Starting at $229, this cord cutters’ DVR is something of a modern-day TiVo, as it combines access to live TV, recordings, and on-demand programming all in one interface. But while the Fire TV Recast works as adve... Tags: Apple, Amazon, Startups, TC, TV, Television, Fcc, Nbc, US, Netflix, Fire TV Stick, Fire TV, Hulu, Alex, Amazon Echo, Amazon Fire TV

Turns out Amazon wasn’t done with its fall device announcements: Two weeks after introducing a number of new Echo speakers and accessories as well as a new DVR, the company announced a new 4K Fire TV stick as well as a new Alexa voice remote Wednesday. The new Fire TV Stick 4K supports Dolby Vision and […] Tags: Amazon, News, Fire TV, Alexa, Fire TV Stick 4K

It's go-time for Roku. With Amazon making bigger and bolder moves in the connected TV space, Roku is going to have to up its game. Adding support for a voice assistant seems like a good place to start.
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Amazon has set its sights on the cord-cutting crowd with a new over-the-air HD receiver and DVR called the Fire TV Recast. The box, which starts at $229, can record two programs at the same time and stream live content to Fire TV devices.
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Amazon used its fall event in Seattle Thursday to announce a network-connected DVR. Dubbed the Fire TV Recast, the device is capable of recording free over-the-air broadcast programming and stream it to multiple devices. Fire TV Recast will cost $229.99 for a two-tuner version with an integrated 500GB hard drive. The company will also sell […] Tags: Amazon, News, Fire TV, Seattle, Cord-Cutting

Surprise! Amazon’s holding a big hardware event at its Seattle headquarters, and we’re here on site, to bring you the news as it breaks. Unlike Apple, Google and the like, the company isn’t one for announcing these sorts of events in advance, though given that it’s done something similar in recent years, it seemed likely that it had something big planned for this month.
After all, we are in the pre-holiday crunch time for hardware launches. That’s precisely why you’ve seen/will see major even... Tags: Amazon, Echo, Hardware, Ge, Microsoft, Tech, Fire TV, Seattle, Sonos, Alexa, Apple Google, Surprise Amazon, Sonos Garmin

Amazon is offering great discounts on some of their best devices. Save big on Kindles, Fire TV, and Amazon Fire Tablets for a limited time. These prices are just as good as Prime Day and Black Friday, but they are going on right now.
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Amazon is working on a pilot program to sell ads for top Fire TV apps. And it wants to partner with the biggest broadcast and cable networks.
The program could be transformative for the TV ad industry, given Amazon's powerful targeting data.
But TV networks may prove resistant, given their reluctance to give up advertising control to outsiders.
Amazon wants a bigger piece of the TV advertising business.
The question is, will TV's giants let the ruthlessly efficient e-commerce behemoth into th... Tags: Amazon, Trends, CMO, Cbs, Fire TV, Hulu, Pluto, Nbcu, Ott, Knicks, State Street, Dave Morgan, Information Amazon, Crackle Tubi, Fox NBCUniversal, Matt Wasserlauf

Poor TiVo. The pioneer of live TV recording was just minding its own business, muddling along in a world it doesn’t recognize when news broke that Amazon is looking to start a fight. That’s all it takes to send investors fleeing. But why does reportedly Amazon want in on this antiquated market?Read more... Tags: Amazon, Science, Fire TV, Tivo, Death Comes Knocking, Amazon Apparently Wants

Amazon is working on a networked DVR for live broadcast programming, Bloomberg reported Friday. There is no release date for the device yet, with Bloomberg noting that the company may still decide not to release the product at all. The device is being built by Amazon’s Lab 126 unit, which already developed the company’s Fire […] Tags: Amazon, News, Bloomberg, Fire TV, Tablo, Amazon Working

As a result of the larger cord-cutting trend, more consumers are watching TV streamed over the internet. And the size of this streaming TV audience is rapidly growing. According to a new report from Conviva, out this morning, streaming TV content consumption has more than doubled over the last 12 months, and is continuing to accelerate, with streaming TV viewing hours up 115 percent in Q2 2018 compared with the same time last year.
In addition, the World Cup had a remarkable impact on metrics li... Tags: Google, Amazon, Asia, Hbo, TV, Television, Media, China, Samsung, Tech, Sony, Nba, Roku, Fire TV, North America, Hulu